Daria Zhukova: biography and personal life of a business woman

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Today, people who are interested in social life increasingly want to know what Daria Zhukova, the common-law wife of one of the richest people in the world, Roman Abramovich, is doing. Does she devote herself only to children and her husband, or does she manage to combine work and family concerns? This article will describe the biography of Daria Zhukova, which will tell about her life path.

Childhood and family

In the family of a Moscow businessman in June 1983 (some sources say 1981) a joyful event took place - a daughter was born, who was named Dasha. Her father, Radkin Alexander Shayaborkhovich, married molecular biologist Elena Zhukova and took her last name. He was born in 1954 in Moscow, successfully graduated from Moscow State University. For some time he worked as an editor of the directorate of international festivals of the film industry "Sovinterfest". In 1987, he created a computer cooperative called Byte, which later became part of the Synthesis Corporation JV. In 1992, he founded a company in Odessa called"Sintez Oil" and began to transport oil and oil products, which became its first step towards a secure future.

Daria's mother, Elena Zhukova, studied molecular biology and virology at the Central Institute of Blood Transfusion and Hematology of the USSR Ministry of He alth from 1979 to 1990.

Daria Zhukova recalls that her childhood was happy and safe, she could easily ride alone on the Moscow metro at the age of eight.

Education

It so happened that Daria's parents divorced, and she was forced to leave her native Moscow and go with her mother to the USA. There they lived for some time in Houston with relatives, then moved to Los Angeles, and later settled in Santa Barbara. Elena Zhukova was a Research Associate at the Diabetes Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine from 1993 to 1994. During this time, her daughter Daria attended a Jewish college. Later, when they moved to Los Angeles, Daria Zhukova studied at Pacific Hills School, and then for four years at the University of Santa Barbara, where she studied literature, medicine, Slavic studies and law in depth.

When the girl turned sixteen, her father invited her to move in with him in London. There Daria Zhukova studied at the London College of Naturopathic Medicine as a homeopath.

Career start

Having received a diploma of education, Daria realized that she would hardly need it, so she decided to follow in her father's footsteps and create her ownbusiness. The first company co-owned by Zhukova Daria Alexandrovna was the company Kova & T, which produces clothes. They organized the company together with their best friend Christina Tang, the daughter of the largest couturier in Hong Kong, David Tang. The name of the brand was formed from the names of girlfriends.

Zhukova admits that she was mainly engaged in the development of a promotion strategy, rather than the design of models, so she tries not to take all the credit for creating a popular brand. According to her, at first she and her friend planned to produce only jeans, but later they decided to expand the range with T-shirts, skirts, trousers and other wardrobe items. Things Zhukova and Tang are distinguished by their simplicity of design, fabric made from natural materials and the absence of any identifying letters or signs. In 2007, the Kova & T brand was represented in more than eighty stores around the world. The clothes of Zhukova and Tang were worn by such famous actresses as Drew Barrymore, the Olsen sisters, Mischa Barton, Kate Moss and others. Now Daria has sold her share of the company and is not involved in its affairs.

Relationship with tennis player Marat Safin

In the press in 2004, information was disseminated about the relationship between Daria Zhukova, the daughter of an oil magnate, and tennis player Safin Marat. For example, the Kommersant newspaper published an article about a solemn event - the opening of a jewelry boutique by Stephen Webster, which was attended by Marat and Dasha.

When the tennis player won the Grand Slam tournament in 2005, in an interview he thanked Daria Zhukova for his support. Safin told everyone thatDaria is his bride, so many media predicted a bright family future for the couple. However, it did not work out, the young people soon broke up.

Meet Roman Abramovich

In the spring of 2005, the press increasingly began to notice Daria in the company of the then governor of Chukotka, Roman Abramovich. It is known that their acquaintance took place in February 2005 at a party dedicated to the match of the Chelsea team in Barcelona. After Abramovich officially divorced his wife, open statements appeared in the press that Daria Zhukova and Roman Abramovich were dating.

Family

Despite the fact that the relationship between Daria and Roman is not officially registered, they are considered a full-fledged family. By law, spouses can be considered people who submit a joint income declaration to the appropriate authorities.

Roman Abramovich and Daria Zhukova are already raising two children. In December 2009, a joyful event took place in their family - on the 5th, in one of the clinics in Los Angeles, Daria gave birth to a son. The boy was given an unusual name - Aaron Alexander in honor of his grandfathers (Roman Abramovich's father - Aaronas Abramovichus and Daria Zhukova's father - Alexander Radkin). Already on April 8, 2013, Aaron Alexander had a sister, Leah. The children of Daria Zhukova and Roman Abramovich rarely appear in the frame and in paparazzi photographs. Spouses try to protect their children from unnecessary attention.

Daria is a successful business woman, so her schedule is scheduled literally by the minute. her free timespends with children, plays tennis, runs and yoga.

Work as an editor

The biography of Darya Zhukova is rich not only in relationships with one of the richest men in the world, but also full of her own achievements. In 2009, she became the editor-in-chief of the fashion magazine POP. It is known that Cathy Grand, the previous editor of the British edition, moved to another place and took almost all the employees with her. Daria Zhukova, inexperienced in editing but knowledgeable about the fashion world, had to practically start from scratch. For her, this experience was a good opportunity to prove herself. During her work at the magazine, Zhukova was able to triple the number of advertising pages, which is a very good indicator for a novice editor.

After 2 years, Daria left the magazine to focus all her energy on creating an Internet project about art. According to her, she is always interested in doing what needs to be built from the first bricks, and where everything is already established, she has nothing to do.

In 2012, Zhukova was awarded by the International Association of Independent Curators for her "innovative and far-sighted" approach to organizing new cultural projects.

Garage Center for Contemporary Manifestations of Culture

Zhukova's common-law husband became a sponsor of her art project - the Center for Contemporary Culture called "Garage". It was inaugurated in September 2008. The presentation was attended by such well-known personalities as Intertype President Viktor Pinchuk, Director of Millhaus DavidovichDavid, entrepreneur Mamut Alexander, head of Alfa Group Fridman Mikhail, co-owner of Mercury - Fridland Leonid, chairman of the board of directors of UES of the Russian Federation Alexander Voloshin.

The Zhukova Center was located in the building of the Bakhmetevsky garage, which is why it was named so. Back in 2007, the Shaare Zedek Jewish Charitable Center was opened there, sponsored by Roman Abramovich.